Electric lighter.



) PATENTED APR. 21, 1903. W. ROGHE. ELECTRIC LIGHTER. APPLIOATIOE FILED APR. 18' 190?.

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INVENTOR WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS WILLIAM ROCHE, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

ELECTRIC LIGHTER.

EZZEUIFIGATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 725,992, dated April 21, 1993.

Application filed April 18, 1902.

To all whmn it Tit/(Ly concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM ROCHE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey; City, county of Hudson, State of New Jersey, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Electric Lighters, of which the following is a specification. I

Myinvention relates to electric lighters of that class in which an inflammable fluid is caused to be ignited by the action of electricity, and is particularly applicable for the purpose of lighting cigars.

The object of my invention is to providea simple and efficient device of the above-indicated class which will operate without the use of a spark-coil and which will utilize the same part which holds the inflam mable liquid as the igniter proper.

To this end my invention consists in cer tain features of-construction and combinations of parts, as will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims. V

In the accompanying drawings I have shown two forms of my invention as exam ples.

Figure 1 is a sectioual elevation of an electric lighter constructed according to my invention. Fig.2 is-a detail showing the construction of the lighter proper. Fig. 3 is a diagram of the circuit. Fig. 4Lshows the sec-' ond form of my invention, and Fig. 5 is ade tail of another form. of my invention.

As illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3,. the apparatus comprises a'battery, preferably consisting of a series of cells A, which may be located within a caseB, these cells being con-..

nected with each other in series or in any other suitable way. On the outside of the case, preferably on the top thereof, there'is a contact 0, connected with one end of the battery. The case also contains a receptacle D, preferably arranged in the center, this receptacle beingadapted to containa readilyinfiammable liquid, such as alcohol. Into the top of the receptacle fits the lower end of a handle'E,'which thus forms a stopper to prevent undue evaporation of the liquid.

This handle is madelof insulating material and has two rods F G projected therefrom downwardly, one of saidrods or wires F being longer than the other, which is connected with the other pole of the battery, as by a the coil 1.

"Serial No. 103,539. (No model.)

Wire H. Around the rod G is coiled a wire I tacle'D, so that upon withdrawing the handle a suitable amount of liquid will be carried by the said coils. ",As thecoil J extends transversely, so as to lie practically horizontal, there islittle danger of the liquid dropping off. The apparatus is used by touching the end of the rod F against the contact O,whereupon the circuit will be closed through the coil J ,which-being of relatively small thickness and preferably of a material which is a bad conductor of electricity, such as platis num,'will become heated sufficiently to ignite the-alcohol carried by said coilfland also by The purpose of the coil I is to hold an additional amount of alcohol; but it wilt be understood that it maybe sufficient to use the coil J only. (See l!ig. 5.') Jlhe rod F is made longer, so that the end of the other rod G may not accidentally be brought 1 is required is that the connection from. one .rod F to'theother rod G, orfirather to the wireH, should'be entirely through the coil J.

Inorder'to prevent the handle from being separated" too far from the case B, I'may at:

tach a. flexible connection, such as a string or a' chain K, to the case andto the hand'le'E.

In the. form of construction shown in Fig. 4 I have done away with the necessity of alwayslighting the alcohol at the same place and have-shown a construction bywhich the 'handle'of the igniter may be carried to any desired place and thealcohol lightedv wher ever desired. For this pur'po'se'instead of con- 'nectin'gone end of the battery with a stationary contact-plate I connect it with one ofjthe rods F G, which form the terminals for the coil J, and the other pole of the battery I connect by a wire H with a switch L, operated by a pnsh-button L to establish contact between the wire H and the other terminal F or T. Thus all the user has to do after withdrawing the handle from the alcohol-receptacle is to press the puslrbutton L whenever the igniter has been carried to the desired spot.

I desire to again emphasize that the two constructions hereinbefore described are only examples of the various modes of carrying out my invention.

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'1. An electric lighter, comprising a receptacle adapted to contain a liquid fuel, ahandle provided with a coil arranged to dip into said liquid and disposed transversely so that it will normally be in a horizontal position, said coil being adapted to become heated upon the passage of an electric current, and means for passing an electric current through said coil.

2. An electric lighter comprising a receptacle adapted to contain a liquid fuel, a handle provided with two conducting members projecting therefrom longitudinally, a fuelcarrying coil connecting said members transversely, and means for passing an electric current through said coil.

3. An electric lighter comprising a receptacle adapted to contain a liquid fuel, a handle provided with two longitudinally-extendingconducting members,oneof which projects beyond the other, a transverse coil connecting said members and adapted to dip into the liquid fuel, and means for passing an electric current through said coil.

4:. An electric lighter comprising a receptacle adapted to contain a liquid fuel, a handle provided with two members projecting therefrom longitudinally, a longitudinal coil surrounding one of said members, a fuel carryin g and lighting coil extending transversely between said members, and means for passing an electric current through said lightingcoil.

5. An electric lighter comprising a receptacle adapted to contain a liquid fuel, ahandle provided with a transverse lighting-coil adapted to dip into the fuel, a longitudinal coil adjacent to said lighting-coil, and means for passing an electric current. through the lighting-coil.

\VILLIAM ROCHE.

Witnesses THos. D. WATsoN, EUGENE EBLE. 

